Yes indeed, this is very, very sad news. She is among my favorite singers, of all time. Just this week I listened to her fantastic recordings with Hopkinson Smith, the vihuela songs of Milan and Mudarra.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2011/11/23/142704522/montserrat-figueras-a-striking-voice-for-early-music-dies-at-69 At 06:47 PM 11/23/2011, howard posner wrote: >On Nov 23, 2011, at 4:30 PM, ml wrote: > > > May I correct: she was born in 1948, so she was 63, not 69 > >15 March 1942, according to everything I've seen. See: > >http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/montserrat-figueras-has-died > >The Savall/Figueras website home page says "In Memoriam Montserrat >Figueras 1942-2011" See: > >http://www.alia-vox.com/ >-- > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [email protected] voice: (218) 728-1202 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1660298871&ref=name http://www.myspace.com/edslute http://magnatune.com/artists/edward_martin
